Saturday - Sapa & Bac Ha Market - 3days
Saturday - Sapa & Bac Ha Market - 3days
Starts : Only on Saturday from Hanoi City , ends : Hanoi City
Highlights: Cancau market-day & Sapa & Bac Ha.
Trip Code : V-SPCC3
Saturday - Sapa & Bac Ha Market - 5days The same Cancau or Cocly Markets in this area, Bac Hamarket is a market-day and is held the Sunday of every month all year around. This is a biggest open-air markets in the region in comparison with Bac Ha & Cocly markets. Vendors and shoppers alike come from all over the mountain around to stroll along the mountain trail with their pack-hoses. the market-day has reckoned as the comunity meeting-place, where the people can meet friends, eatting & drinking, shopping......event find out their girl-friends here. so it's no surprise that people wear their best & colorful dress…..with very..very heavy of silver-jewelry and specially with The women embroider elaborate floral motifs on their skirts, making a technicolour dream for photographers
There are 10 Montagnard (highlanders or mountain people) groups that live around this area, the colouful Flower H'mong are the most visible, hut other groups include Dzao, Giay (Nhang), Han (Hoa), Xa Fang, Lachi, Nung, Phula, Tay, Thai...
Items on sale include water buffaloes, pigs,horses, dogs and chickens and all of working tools which help people with their rural life
Day 1 - Saturday: Hanoi – Victoria Express Train to Sapa
Pick you up at your hotel or other meeting point for overnight express train to Sapa. The train leaves at 21:30pm.
Accommodation on Luxury Victoria Express Train:
+ Train grade: 4 Star
+ Room type: Superior Cabin
"Guaranteed Train"
Cancau marketDay 2- Sunday: Lao Cai Station - Bac Ha Market - Sapa
Arrival to Laocai station is scheduled at 6am, Breakfast at local restaurant with hot meal & strong Vietnamese coffee or tea to wake you up ,then transfer to our private car up hill to Bac Ha Market. The same with two other market-days in this area ( Cocly and Cancau markets) this Bac Ha market-day operates only on a Sunday’s morning ( 08:00Am to 12:00Am).
People and cattles sharing the same road , so make it more and more crowed, you will see a lot of families step hastily along road to market.. the farther leading with a pack-hose and his wife and children follow his’s footsteps.
Visit a basic Bac Ha market but full of the hill tribes with colorful clothes. Thousands of ethnic people coming to this market so make little difficult to discovery it…but that make it become famous. . The market was divided into four main part: Selling animal part, Selling working-tools part, Eating & drinking part and Selling clothes part. It take at least 2hours to go around
At noon, we take a rest at a local restaurant and lunch is prepared any time , seating down and have foods or drink during local people start leaving the market.
After Lunch, do a soft walk around most beautiful village in this area call: Ban Pho.
Drive back to Lao Cai and onto Sapa.
Check in hotel and time to enjoy a swimming in a Heated indoor swimming pool and health centre, or simply set down at outdoor bar to enjoy the sun set with a drink..
Accommodation in Sapa Town:
+ Hotel grade: 4 Star - Victoria Sapa Resort
+ Room type: Superior Room
"Guaranteed Hotel"
<Breakfast & Lunch inclusive>
sapaDay 3 - Sunday: Sapa Sightseeing & Evening train to Hanoi
Breakfast at the hotel
Start out by car then do a soft walk to visit Laochai & Tavan village for 2-3 hours on flat footpath. Picnic lunch by the creek. his is a absolutely spectacular walk through stunning scenery inhabited by some of the friendliest people you can meet. Stopping for a picnic lunch on the way at a family in Ta Van village. Return to Sapa by car in the afternoon. Transfer to Laocai station for Victoria Luxury Express train back to Hanoi. The train leaves at 21pm
Overnight on train, Arrive Hanoi at 6 am next day. Trip End
Accommodation on Luxury Victoria Express Train:
+ Train grade: 4 Star
+ Room type: Superior Cabin
"Guaranteed Train"
<Breakfast & Lunch & Diner inclusive>
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